Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain

Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, from 2001 to 2009.

Demographics Population, 200155,201Population Change, 1996–20019.5%Area (km2)2,247.47Pop. Density (People per km2)25

1999 redistribution Changes from Port Coquitlam to Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain included: Inclusion of Douglas Island Removal of Westwood and other areas in Coquitlam, east of Port Moody

Electoral history Assembly Years Member PartyPort Coquitlam prior to 2001 37th 2001–2005 Karn ManhasLiberal 38th 2005–2009 Mike FarnworthNew DemocraticPort Coquitlam from 2009

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The riding's most prominent MLA was Mike Farnworth, who was also MLA for the area from 1991 to 2001. He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. He served almost the entirety of the riding's existence, except from 2001 to 2005 when Karn Manhas of the Liberals defeated him in what was a landslide victory for the Liberals in that election.

Election results

|NDP |Mike Farnworth |align="right"|11,844 |align="right"|48.14%

|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|24,605

|NDP |Mike Farnworth |align="right"|7,198 |align="right"|32.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|$31,152

See also List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

External links BC Stats Results of 2001 election (pdf) 2001 Expenditures (pdf) Results of 1996 election 1996 Expenditures Results of 1991 election 1991 Expenditures Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain

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